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| Alexandra DeWitt | |
|---|---|
 Alexandra Dewitt as she first appeared onGreen Lantern vol. 3, #48 (January 1994) | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern vol. 3, #48 (January 1994) |
| Created by | Ron Marz Bill Willingham |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Alexandra DeWitt |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations | Black Lantern Corps |
| Partnerships | Kyle Rayner |
| Supporting character of | Kyle Rayner |
Alexandra DeWitt is a fictional a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. She is the girlfriend ofKyle Rayner before he receives theGreen Lanternpower ring fromGanthet. She is best known, however, as the murder victim whose manner of disposal led writerGail Simone to coin the phrase "women in refrigerators".[1] DeWitt first appears with Kyle at the end ofGreen Lantern vol. 3, #48 (January 1994).
As a photographer for a major newspaper inLos Angeles, Alex is annoyed by Kyle's somewhat immature attitude towards work. When Kyle reveals the new ring he has received, she is at first apprehensive, but she agrees to help Kyle train himself to use his new powers. Alex's time with Kyle is short-lived, however. Kyle returns home to find thatMajor Force has strangled Alex and stuffed her in the refrigerator.[2]
In Kyle's first encounter withHal Jordan asParallax, Hal offers to resurrect Alex as part of hisplan to recreate the universe, but Kyle rejects the offer. When Kyle moves toNew York and joins theTitans, he falls asleep while watching the monitors and his ring makes a projection of Alex. Later, when the demonNeron attacks, he attempts to entice Kyle by offering to resurrect Alex. Kyle, having already rejected the same offer from Hal, similarly refuses Neron's offer. In aGreen Lantern Annual, Kyle and Hal relive each other's lives, causing Kyle to be in Hal's body during his early days as Green Lantern, while Hal is in Kyle's body during the time in which Alex is still his girlfriend. Major Force attacks Alex, but Hal is able to prevent him from killing her. When Kyle and Hal are returned to their respective bodies and return to the present, Alex is once again deceased.[3]
A different version of Alex appears in the story arc "Green Lantern: Circle of Fire", where Kyle summons six different versions of Green Lantern to help him fight the villainOblivion. One of these Green Lanterns is Alexandra DeWitt, who was believed to be from an alternate reality where she rather than Kyle acquired a Green Lantern ring. She is later revealed to be a sentient construct of Kyle's ring representing Kyle's positive aspect for love.
Another version of Alex appears byIon #3 as one of the projections made fromMogo's power and Kyle's subconscious.
Jade, another of Kyle's deceased loves, and reanimated as an undeadBlack Lantern, created a black energy construct crafted in an image of Alex from her black ring to torment Kyle.[4] Alex's remains become a Black Lantern later, trapping Kyle inside a black energy construct of a refrigerator before using her powers to take control of his body, transforming him into a facsimile of Major Force, and forcing him to relive the moments of her death. She tries to mentally break Kyle by saying that, since Force attacked her because of him, he essentially killed her himself. After what happened with Jade, Kyle does not fall prey to the same manipulation. With the help of theIndigo Tribesman Munk, he destroys her after saying goodbye.[5]
Because of the brutal manner in which Alex is killed, and because of the different 'significant others' of superheroes that are constantly in danger of being killed, women in the series who are killed in a particularly violent manner, to further a male hero's story, are said to have suffered from thewoman in refrigerator syndrome.[6]
Alexandra was reimagined as Samantha Dean inThe Refrigerator Monologues.[7]
Alex DeWitt will appear inMy Adventures with Green Lantern.[8]
